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Forest land shrinking due to encroachment
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The forest land of the whole State has been decreasing due to heavy encroachment. As a result, the biodiversity of the State is also gradually deteriorating.
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Wild bear injures elderly man in Kashmir
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A wild bear attacked and injured a 70-year-old man in south Kashmir district of Kulgam, official sources said here today.
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Fishermen demand forest rights
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Demanding their right to the forest, Sunderbans fishermen here today said it is forest department officials who flout rules in the biosphere reserve, not villagers.
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Elephant Census 2012: State forests see dip in population
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The three-day synchronized ‘Elephant Census – 2012’, which got off to a start on Tuesday, has reportedly registered a downtrend in elephant numbers in the State compared to the last census,
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Tree census narrates stories of living monuments
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A weary group, after travelling through time, and browsing through sculptures and inscriptions at the Government Museum, Egmore, sluggishly laid out a straw mat and broke for lunch under the shade of a living monument— a century-old mango tree.
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Odisha MP Dilip Tirkey demands inclusion of 137 tribes in ST list
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The former India captain and three-time Olympian Dilip Tirkey, who is a Rajya Sabha MP today chose his maiden speech to advocate inclusion of 137 tribes from state in Schedule Tribe list.
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Odisha: Heat Wave Affects Animals in Bairi Forest of Jajpur
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The heat wave sweeping across the coastal district of Jajpur has affected animals at the Bairi forest and its nearby areas. Special care is being taken by the forest officials to protect the 40 elephants,
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Record fishlanding in Odisha's Chilika lake; A happy note for the biologist
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Fish and shellfish production is a vital element of the human food supply and one of the most important goods derived from coastal and marine ecosystems. More than 90 percent of the marine fish catch comes from these coastal ecosystems,
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Second phase of tree census begins in chennai
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The state forest department on Wednesday kickstarted the second phase of tree census in Chennai at the Theosophical society, Besant Nagar.
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Synchronised mammoth census soon in six states
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A three-day synchronised National Elephant Census will be held in six states from May 22. The states are Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Goa and Maharashtra.
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Country's biggest resting shelter for elephants coming up in Haryana
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Many would remember the famous 70s movie based on man-animal friendship, "Haathi Mere Saathi".
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Centre coming up to protect vultures
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Wildlife experts and foresters are working with the Uttar Pradesh government to set up a conservation centre for vultures,
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State has failed to frame its own forest policy: CAG
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The State has failed to frame its own forest policy even six years after the National Forest Commission recommended that each State should have its own policy for sustainable development of forests and wildlife resources.
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Jayanthi Natarajan expresses concern over tiger deaths
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Expressing concern over recent tiger deaths in the country, Environment and Forests Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said her ministry is constantly looking into the reasons for it.
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No forced relocation for Sathy tiger reserve
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The forest department has promised that the tribal community living in the reserve forests will not be disturbed in any manner and there will be no forced re-location when Sathyamangalam becomes a tiger reserve.
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Jumbo crushes 3 to death in Sundargarh
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The elephant also crushed Alko Barua of Kaensjor village to death on May 10 and one Ketrina Bud, an old woman of Goyasukha village, on May 11.
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32 tiger deaths so far in 2012
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Even as India is striving hard to save big cats, about 32 tigers have died so far this year - nearly half them victims to poaching, parliament was informed Tuesday.
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South African demand for legal trade in rhino horns leaves India jittery
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The surge of poaching of rhinoceros in South Africa could lead to threats to the one-horned Indian rhino in faraway Assam and West Bengal if the African country
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India seeks $30 million fund to save tigers
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India has sought assistance of $30 million under the Global Tiger Initiative, Keshav Varma, programme manager for the World Bank-led scheme, said here on Tuesday.
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Odisha: Balisahi Villagers found Pangolin
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Some villagers of Balisahi under Rasulpur block in Jajpur district were in for a surprise on Sunday evening , when they came across a scaly animal lying curled up in the grass near the house of Damodar Nayak .
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Wildlife census under way in south Nilgiris
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With the recent wildlife census in the North Division of the Nilgiris Forest department having revealed that the population of most of the wild animals was healthy, a two-day census got under way in the South division on Monday.
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Sathyamangalam to be fourth tiger reserve in State
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Sathyamangalam will be the State"s fourth tiger reserve with the government promising to create a new reserve for the big cats spread over 1.40 lakh hectares from the present sanctuary limits.
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Naxals set forest beat on fire a day before 'Bharat Bandh'
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The rebels in Gadchiroli damaged a make-shift depot of the forest department at Jimulgatta in the highly sensitive southern part of the district in the wee hours of Tuesday.
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'Leopard died of poisoning'
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Nearly a month after the decomposed and mutilated carcass of an eight-year-old leopard was found in the Yeoor forest , officials have attributed thedeathto planned poisoning .
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Concern over global surge in illegal trade of tiger parts
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The tiger may have been saved from extinction, but the unabated surge in illegal trade of its parts is causing global concern, as also unorganised industries coming up near national parks.
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